Every Friday afternoon, 60 students cram into three laboratory spaces. Those labs have a distinct smell: ethanol and other chemicals, preserving four human cadavers. More than half of the 60 students ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Cadavers have been used in medical training for centuries, and dissections are a rite of passage for ...

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TOLEDO, Ohio — Over the last couple of months, students in the Medical Academy at the Whitmer Career and Technology Center have brought their books to life with a new anatomy table. "It's definitely ...

Before starting her first dissection, Katie Hopkins took the time to observe every feature of the hand she was about to work on. Realizing that she would be the last person to see the donor’s ...

Examining the dark history of anatomical dissection through the centuries—and why the need for study on human donors is as vital as it’s ever been. Dr. Cornelis Isaaks 's-Gravesande conducts an ...

The widow of David Saunders, 98, said she did not know the body of her husband, who died of Covid-19, would be taken apart at an Oregon hotel where audience members paid up to $500 to attend. By ...

Leaf through a textbook, watch a wellness influencer or listen in at the gym, and it can feel as though the human body has already been mapped to exhaustion. Every muscle named, every nerve traced.